DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual

4

Hardware overview

Front panel

The DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL2/2+ Modem Router front panel contains LED indicators

which shows the status of DSL-N13.

Label

Activity

Description

PWR

(Power)

ON

Power ON

OFF

No power

Blink

Restoring to factory default

ADSL

ON (Green)

ADSL link up

Blink (Green)

ADSL training

ON (Red)

ADSL link down

OFF

ADSL is down

IP

ON (Green)

ADSL is up and the link is PPP

ON (Red)

ADSL is up, but the link is not PPP

OFF

ADSL is down

USB 2.0

ON

USB device detected

OFF

No USB device detected

AIR

ON

Wireless LAN ready

Blink

Transmiting or receiving data through wireless

OFF

No power or wireless LAN not ready

LAN 1-4

ON

Physically connected to an Ethernet device

Blink

Transmitting or receiving data through Ethernet cable

OFF

No power or no physical connection

PWR

ADSL

IP

USB

AIR

LAN

DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual

5

Rear panel

Viewed from left to right, the rear panel of DSL-N13 contains the following elements:

•

ADSL port

•

Power connector

•

Power switch

•

Four Local Area Network (LAN) ports

•

USB 2.0 ports

•

EZSetup button

•

Reset button

•

SMA antenna connector

Product features

The DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL 2/ 2+ Modem Router provides the following features:

•

Built-in ADSL modem

•

Built-in firewall

•

IEEE802.11n standard-based wireless network, backward compatible with

802.11b/g devices

•

Easy-to-use Web-based configuration interface: Quick Setup for ADSL connection,

wireless, and security configuration

•

EZSetup™ utility for ADSL connection, wireless network and security quick setup

PWR

ADSL

EZSetup

USB 2.0

Reset

LAN

Antenna

DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual

6

Hardware connections

ADSL connection

Use the ADSL splitter supplied in the package to split ADSL signal and telephone

service. Connect your ASUS DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL2/2+ Modem Router to the

DSL port of the splitter with the telephone cable supplied in the package. Use another

telephone cable to connect your telephone to the Phone port of the ADSL splitter.

Ethernet connection

Use Category 5 (CAT5) Ethernet cable to build up your wired LAN connections. The

ASUS DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL2/ 2+ Modem Router is a Fast Ethernet device that

provides 100Mbps network connection. To ensure the connection quality, use CAT5

Ethernet cable to connect your network devices, such as desktop computers and

network printers.

Wireless connection

To access Internet via wireless connection, you need to install an IEEE802.11b/g

wireless adapter on your computer, such as ASUS WL-167g, WL-100gE, WL-100gD,

WL-169gE, WL-106gM, WL-160N, and USB-N11.

DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual

7

Before start

Before start, you need to:

•

make sure the cable connections are correct and DSL-N13 is powered ON;

•

acquire an active Internet service, such as an ADSL account.

We recommend using wired connection for initial configuration, which may

help avoid possible setup problems due to wireless instability. Use a CAT5

cable to connect an Ethernet-enabled computer to a LAN port of DSL-N13.

Preparing your WAN

Depending on your ISP's requirements, you may need to acquire some of the

information listed below for setting up Internet connection on DSL-N13.

•

Vitual Path Identifier (VPI)

•

Virtual Channel Identifier (VCI)

•

Host name

•

Domain name

•

ISP login user name and password

•

ISP Domain Name System (DNS) server address

•

Static IP address

Preparing your LAN

To use the DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL2/2+ Modem Router on your network, you need to install

a network interface card (NIC) or an IEEE802.11b/g wireless network card to your computer.

LAN configuration requirement

For initial configuration, we recommend you to connect a computer to one of the LAN

port of DSL-N13 and configure the TCP/IP settings of your computer. The default IP

settings of DSL-N13 are:

IP address:

192.168.1.1

Subnet mask:

255.255.255.0

DHCP server:

enabled

To access DSL-N13, you must set your computer in the same subnet with the ADSL

router. You can make the computer accept a dynamic IP address assigned by the

DHCP server of DSL-N13, or manually set up IP address for your computer.

Connecting to the Internet

DSL-N13 Wireless ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual

8

Getting dynamic IP address

Open

Control Panel

->

Local Area Network Connection

, double-click

Local

Connection

icon, then double-click

Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

Select

Obtain an IP

address automatically

and

Obtain DNS server address automatically

, then click

OK.

Assigning IP address manually

Open

Control Panel

->

Local Area Network

Connection

, double-click

Local Connection

icon, then double-click

Internet Protocol (TCP/

IP)

. Follow the descriptions below to setup the

TCP/IP on your computer.

•

IP address: 192.168.1.xxx (xxx can be any

number between 2 and 254, make sure the

IP address is not used by other device)

•

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

•

Gateway: 192.168.1.1

•

DNS: 192.168.1.1

Login the Web configuration interface

To change the ADSL and wireless settings, you need to login to the Web configuration

interface.

2.

A login window appears. The default

username is

admin,

password is

admin

(in lower case).

1.

Type 192.168.1.1 (default IP address

of DSL-N13) into the address box of

the Web browser and press

Enter

.

3.

When logged in, you can see the home

page of DSL-N13 Web configuration

interface. To setup the router, refer to

Quick Setup in the next section. To

setup the advanced functions, refer

to the following chapters for detailed

information.